Question

Ralph is arranging a wedding reception. He can spend no more than $8000. It costs $6000 to rent the hall and $25 to feed each guest. Ralph needs to know how many guests, at most, can attend the reception. Write an inequality to represent this situation.

Answer 1

80 ≥ x

Explanation:

So we know that he cannot spend more than $8000.

So we subtract 6000 from 8000

8000 - 6000 =2000

So that means $2000 to feed each guest

We then divide the amount of money we have left by how much it costs to feed each guest.

2000÷25=80

So at most 80 guests will be able to attend. I'll use x to represent the amount of people that will attend the reception.

So 80 ≥ x

If I am wrong please comment so that I can fix it.